Olympus E-500

[DGonci]

I was wondering if anyone uses an Olympus E-500 or similar. I would be interested to see what settings you use for taking your pictures. I can get good color with a custom white balance, but am having issues with just the actinics. Any input would be great.

Thanks in advance.

 

[crab0000]

I can't either. I also can't seem to get a good picture with ISO above 100. It gets really grainy if I go over 100.

 

[DGonci]

I started taking pictures in RAW mode and am having much better luck with my colors. I havent taken any with RAW under the actinics. I am going to try this weekend after my new light arrives. I also found a macro lens for 185 that has gottern good reviews. That went on my xmas list.

http://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/product/405347-REG/Olympus_261053_35mm_f_3_5_Macro_ED.html

*edited to add the link to the lens...

 

[crab0000]

I have that lens and it's pretty good (especially for the price). Here's a couple of pics I took with it.

I'm far from an expert, but I think they turned out okay.

 

[DGonci]

Thanks for the pictures. Looks decent for the price.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

A camera is a camera...the laws of physics apply to all of them equally. Therefor the settings on an Olympus, Canon, Nikon, Pentax, or Sony will be very very similar across the board.

 

[crab0000]

Here's a freehand pic of a caterpillar I took with the macro lens. It was taken with the camera in macro mode and no processing was done. I just cropped it.

So, the lens is capable of pretty good shots.

 

[TitusvileSurfer]

<a href=showthread.php?s=&postid=13636698#post13636698 target=_blank>Originally posted</a> by crab0000
I can't either. I also can't seem to get a good picture with ISO above 100. It gets really grainy if I go over 100.

Wow...really?! I don't even notice grain until after 400 ISO, and use 800 regularly.